Disinfecting apparatus.



J. G. GOODHUE.

DISINFECTING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED wuss. m2. RENEWED 1UNE29.1918.

Patented Feb. 4, 1919.

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J. G. GOODHUE.

DISINFECTING APPARATUS. APIPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, IBIZARENEWED JUNE 29.1918.

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JULIAN G. GOODHUE, 0F CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

DISINFECTING APPARATUS.

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Application filed June 6, 1912, Serial No. 701,969. Renewed June 29,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that. I, JULIAN Gr. GooDHUE, a itizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Disinfecting Apparatus, of which the following 1s a full, clear,

concise, and exact description, referencebe ing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specificatlon.

My invention relates to an lmprovement in disinfecting apparatus and has, as its objects the provision of special apparatus for spraying disinfectant, which shall be more efficient, cheaper to manufacture and more easily assembled thanis now the case.

A further object resides in the particular arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of one form of spraying or dispensing apparatus assembled, parts being broken away and partly 111 section;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of a different type of apparatus, the reservoir parts being omitted;

Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view. on the.

central line of Fig. 2, showing my improved bracket arrangements, but also showing the reservoirs in place which are omitted in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is 'a horizontal cross section on the line H of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 is a plan view partly in sectionv of the. special sprayer 'or atomizer shown in Fig. 2

Fig. 6 is an elevational view showing the interiors of the two parts of the atomizer shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a special,

fitting which may be used in assembling my apparatus; and

Fig. 8 is a perspective of another special fitting .which may be used in my apparatus.

Referringmore particularly to the drawings, 1 is a reservoir appearing in Figs. 1 and' l. Mounted above said reservoir 1 is a second reservoir 2. Reservoir 2 has a portion projecting within the reservoir 1 which terminates in a nozzle 3. The lower edge of this nozzle determines'the liquid level in the reservoir 1 in,a manner well known in dis pensing apparatus. Member 1 is mounted directly on a bracket 4 which is made in two Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented lFeb. 4t, 1912.

1918. Serial No. 242,668.

parts 5 and 6. Part 5 is attached directly to the lwallas by screws 7, while the part 6 is preferably hung from a secondary bracket 8, the member 8- being attached to the wall by screws 9 and having wings or ears 10 which are bent away from the wall. The part 6 is provided with plate pieces 11 at its upper corners which are designed to fit flatly against the avail and drop into the space between the ears l0 and the wall, thus supporting the weight of the part 6. The portions 11 may, however, be provided with screw holes for direct attachment to the wall, but the method described of using an auxiliary bracket 8 is preferred on account of the ease with .which the part 6 may be removed, and assembled and adjusted to the reservoir 2. The portions of parts 5 and 6 are generally rectangular in form, as shown. and the part 5 has a floor or shelf 12 provided with a semi-circular ridge 13 which fits in a corresponding groove in the bottom of the reservoir 1, holding it securely in place. The part 6 is provided with portions 12 and 13 corresponding to 12 and 13 respectively on the part 5, except that the part 13 projects downwardly instead of upwardly. Parts 5 and 6 are also provided with horizontal members lat and 15 uniting with side pieces of the two parts. These horizontal members are provided with grooves 16-16 and 1717, respectively. which are designed to permit the passage of tubes into the reservoir 1. The horizontal members let and 15 also provide means whereby the parts 5 and 6 may be drawn forcibly together as by a bolt 18. Lugs 19-19 and 20-20 carried by parts 5 and 6 respectively, help to unite the prevent lateral displacement at the point of junction. As best shown in Figs. 3 and 4, one of the upright pieces of the part 6 is provided with a recess 21. In installing the form of apparatus shown in i, a special fitting 22 is provided which has a rightangled lug 23 for engaging one of the upright members of the part 6. A portion of this lug 23 isshown in Fig. 4: as lying in the recess 21 between the part 6 and the wall. As also appears in Fig. l, the recess 21 may accommodate a tube such as 241- for connecting the reservoir 1 with the spraying apparatus. As shown the member 22 has a bell shaped portion which receives the end of a pipe 25; the other end of the pipe 25 is received by a special fitting 26. This fitting 26 also re two parts and from the reservoir 1 to the pipe such as 25 ceives the end of a vertical pipe 27 and a second horizontal pipe 28. From the forward end of the pipe 28 an atomizer 29 may be suspended.

In assembling the apparatus shown in Figs. 1 and 4 a bracket of the type appearing in Figs. 2 and 3 is employed, and the reservoirs such as 1 and 2 are installed in the bracket, being held in place by engagement between the grooves in the members 1 and 2, and the ridges 13 and 13' on the parts 5 and 6 respectively.

The reservoir apparatus is provided with two tubes 30 and 31 for filling purposes, which pass up through apertures 30' and 31 in the shelf 12 and through the grooves such as 16 and 17 in the bracket into a groove 32 in the wall of the reservoir 2, and thus down into the reservoir 1. In actual practice the tubes used with the reservoir and spraying apparatus are arranged as shown in Fig. 4, but Fig. 1 shows them as spread apart for purposes of better illustration. The pipe 24 serves to convey liquid the atomizing device 29. As shown in Fig. 1 the vertical pipe 27 incloses a tube 33 which leads from the door check or suitable source of compressed air, and delivers to the atomizer. It will be obvious by referring to Fig. 7 that the member 50 illustrated in this figure may be substituted for the fitting 22. The fitting 50 would be used instead of the fitting 22 in any case in which it is necessary to run up or down before running it to the atomizer in order to avoid an obstruction. It would also be apparent that the member 51 may be substituted for 22 in any case in which the pipe 25 is omitted and the tube 24 is run along the wall unprotected, since the member 51 is provided with a semi-circular outlet portion 52 which would guide the tube 24 and protect it while pass in beneath the bracket.

eferring more particularly to Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that it is unnecessary to mount the atomizing device at a distance from the reservoirs and bracket, but that a special form of atomizer such as 34 may be installed in a position analogous to that occupied by fitting 22 in Figs. 1 and 4. The details of the special atomizing device 34 are best shown in Figs. 5 and 6. This atomizer 34 is made in two parts, 35 and 36. The part 35 is provided with two lugs 37 and 38 for hooking into the recess 21 as shown in Fig. 3, lug 38 also having a screw 39 for holding the device in place. The part 36 is provided with lugs 4141 which help to bind it to being provided with identical lugs 42 and the part 35, both parts also 43 for receiving a screw such as 44. The parts 35 and 36 are assembled as shown in Fig. 5 by inserting the lugs 40 and 41 into the aperture 45 in the parts 35 and then fastening lugs 42 and 43 together by means of the screw 44. As shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the part 36 is provided with an aperture 46, through which the liquid may be sprayed. As will be apparent from the drawings, certain of the tubes necessary for the operation of the spraying apparatus in Fig. 2 are indicated in dotted lines, but are shown fully in the aperture 46. It will be understood that glass receptacles are used in the in terior of both forms of atomizer shown in the drawings, the parts shown and described being merely the exterior castings, the glass tube being necessary to retain the liquid.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. The combination of a bracket having a reservoir apparatus supported thereon, said bracket having a recess in one of its side members, a fitting having a hook lying partly in said recess and engaging the side mem ber of the bracket, a pipe connected to said fitting, a second fitting connected to the other end of said pipe, a second pipe supported from said second mentioned fitting, an atomizing device suspended from one end of said second mentioned pipe, and a tube leading from said reservoir apparatus to said atomizer and passing through said recess, said fittings and said pipes.

2. The combination of a reservoir apparatus comprising liquid holding vessels and a supporting frame therefor, disinfecting apparatus secured to and supported by said frame, and pipes running from said vessels through the side of said frame and to the disinfecting apparatus.

3. The combination of reservoir apparatus comprising a liquid holding vessel and a metallic frame therefor, and an atomizer having one end provided with a reservoir and the other end provided with means for attaching to said frame, and pipes extending from said vessel of the reservoir apparatus to the reservoir of said atomizer.

4. In combination, a separable reservoir apparatus, a frame supporting said apparatus, an atomizer operably connected to said reservoir and carried by the frame, and being removable with the frame and one part of the separable reservoir.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 22nd day of May, A. 1)., 1912.

JULIAN G. GOODHUE.

Witnesses:

A. L. J oNns, O. M. WINNICH.

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